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NSF Grants $1.3 Million to UCLA Initiative to Fund Arts and Know-how Tasks Nationwide
The Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) has awarded a $3.1 million grant to the UCLA-led yearlong Innovation, Tradition, and Creativity (ICC) mission to “convey collectively consultants and stakeholders from artistic and expertise fields to develop new alternatives at their intersection,” in keeping with the college.
The ICC shall be overseen by UCLA’s Directorate for Know-how, Innovation, and Partnerships, which is able to coordinate and fund actions nationwide, together with regional workshops. An open name has been issued to ask organizations to submit proposals for workshops in 2024. 5 workshops shall be awarded for round $75,000 every.
An business summit shall be held with NSF throughout fall 2024, and a nationwide convention at UCLA in December.
The purpose is for workshops to convene multidisciplinary teams of consultants with backgrounds in STEM and/or the examine of tradition, arts and humanities and different artistic fields, and to “discover assist for innovation on the intersection of tradition, creativity and expertise,” the college mentioned.
Candidates are particularly invited from all kinds of organizations throughout business, authorities, academia, and different non-profit organizations who might not have beforehand acquired NSF-supported funding.
On the finish of 2024, TIP hopes to suggest a five- to 10-year plan to hold on this work with quite a lot of funders and researchers to encourage concepts from throughout the U.S.
“This mission explores how tradition and creativity could be a significant a part of TIP’s purpose of partaking all Individuals in innovation,” mentioned Jeff Burke, professor and affiliate dean of analysis and expertise for the UCLA Faculty of Theater, Movie and Tv. “My hope is that in 5 years, we’ll see a wider vary of lasting partnerships between expertise analysis and growth and the humanities, humanities, and inventive sector. I might like to contribute to a future the place individuals whose ingenuity spans these disciplinary boundaries are supported and inspired to pursue them collectively.”
groups ought to submit an idea define by Feb. 16, 2024. These chosen might want to submit workshop proposals in April, with awards to be introduced in Could.
Two informational webinars on idea outlines shall be held Thursday, Jan. 25, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., PST and on Monday, Feb. 5, from 1 to 2 p.m., PST.
For extra detailed data, and to register for the webinars, go to the workshop proposals web page.